Synonyms & Antonyms : Decline

Decline

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( Verb )

He declined to discuss his plans with press people.

Synonyms:

Reject

Refuse

Discard

Renounce

Sink

Degenerate

Decrease

Lessen

Fall

Drop

Contextual Examples:

The court rejected his appeal for bail.

The doctor refused to go and see the patient at midnight.

All the traditions cannot be discarded out rightly.

He has renounced the world and become a Sanyasi.

When the patient’s pulse started sinking, the nurse rushed to call the doctor.

The decline of this degenerate empire is imminent.

The number of students opting for science has decreased over the year.

The drug lessened his pain and he slept well.

Because of the slump in the market the prices will fall further.

He dropped his voice to a whisper.

Antonyms:

Accept

Accede to

Agree to

Admit

Grow

Aggravate

Enhance

Increase

Contextual Examples:

I accepted his offer of a long–term loan.

The judge acceded to my request for fixing a new date for evidence in the case.

India has agreed to Pakistan’s request for postponing the meeting of the Indo – Pakistan Joint Commission.

The principal has admitted my son into his college.

The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in written or in an oral from. Synonyms are nothing but the similar meanings of a particular word or its semantic relation. A Synonym is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language. Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language.

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